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Book SynopsisThe first academic study of the role of Gerry Fitt in the politics of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Trade ReviewMeticulous and deeply researched, it charts the growth of the party from its founding in 1970 to the late 70s when the future Lord Bell's Hill left the party and the politics of the North. Dr.Campbell is a superb historian of this period and her interviews and source work are impeccable. -- Steve Pound. The Tribune
Table of Contents1. The plough and the tricolour: Gerry Fitt and the evolution of nationalist politics in Northern Ireland, 1959–69
2. ‘A varied and diverse bunch’ – the birth of the SDLP
3. ‘Impaled on a hook’: internment and civil disobedience
4. Bombs and barricades: the road to Sunningdale
5. The politics of compromise: the Sunningdale Agreement (September – December 1973)
6. ‘Trundling’ Unionists into a united Ireland? The power-sharing executive in operation
7. Pidgin politics
8. ‘The British must govern or go…’: The greening of the SDLP
Conclusion: in a minority of one?
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